Just swapped my APM2 for an APM2.5 - all reload and fine apart from the Altitude. I've re-loaded firmware several times and re-loaded config, Even re-done config from scratch but I still get this...
My Apm2.0 reports 73cm and that is accurate why does
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I am working with a group using Paparazzi Auto Pilot. We have been out to several flight tests using a Zephyr II Wing. The problem we are having is as follows:
There was about a 5 second delay in Altitude reporting that was constantly i
Read more…I don't have money for FPV goggles, so I'll have to find a cheap, small LCD screen. The ones I can find on amazon or ebay have very crappy resolution, so I have a question, what do you guys use?
Thanks.
Read more…I am as a last resort asking for help figuring this one out.
I have for weeks tried to sort this thing out by reading and experiminting but can't get it.
Outrage 550, apm2.0 firmware 2.9.1, Tx JR 9503-dragonlink 12 channel first rev. receiver.
My con
Read more…I would like share some idea how to make the Drone smaller. I'm using carbon and resin to make it, simple molds the result is very good. I'm using the tips more than two years without any trouble.I can pack my drone to backpack and go into the mounta
Read more…Can anyone suggest what's going wrong with the attached waypoints file?
It looks like it loads fine into MP but when I upload to my APM2.5 I get "There was an unexpected error" dialog when it hits command 124 (of 130). I've combed over that area of th
Read more…I have seen a lot of discussion about the need to update the PPM firmware for Futaba Radios. As I just received my first APM 30 days or so ago- and I am an new to APM, I have some questions:
Can I see want version of the decoder firmware I have on my
Read more…My next project will be a HexCopter with a PX4 for the flight controls and a Raspberry Pi running ROS for grater environment sensing. The idea is to, not just fly between waypoints but, avoid trees.
I've selected the Raspberry Pi and ROS because i
Read more…I've recently tried to setup APM for my new flying wing and discovered that it is not safe to fly in other than Manual modes =( The reason is servo throws for most flying wings must be limited, but APM limits them only in Manual, in all other modes s
Read more…First flight of 2013
Slow Motion version here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqf-4fSMB_w
I have had the Cularis for about 18 months with many successful missions using the APM2.0 (brilliant bit of kit - Thanks!) and no crashes what so ever,I suppose it
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I'm using the APM2.5 with USB connection and can't receive data (artificial horizon doesn't move and all data is zero).
The OS is Windows 7 and I have tried it on multiple computers, same problem. I have uploaded both arduplane and copter firmware
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I´m looking for a detailed explanation of the control loops of the APM, and I there are a simulink, scicolab...etc a model of the apm with the control loop.
I looking for this, because I´m working in a vision based navigation system for
Read more…OK, so I am the complete empty bottle on this subject, but I want to pose this question to get an idea of how stupid it is...
I want to run the LV-EZ0 on my APM1 (Arduplane) as well as the pitot-static, so I thought it might be nice to plug the LV's
Read more…Is there any information about how to properly tune those PID in arduplane? P tuning is easy, but how about I and D. under what circumstances we need to increase or decrease the I or D value? A detail illustration will help a lot. Thanks
Read more…For "Arducopter 3DR-C Quad Kit (Frame+Motors)" with motor "Brushless Motor 2212Q, 850Kv" , which battery to choose? (4s or 3s)?
Read more…So, I am using the R617FS which I normally connect with PWM inputs for each channel. Some surfing has dug up this mod which outputs PPM from the R617FS on which ever pin you choose, but only the first five channels.
Does the current APM failsafe/PPM
Read more…I cannot get the compass test to work in Mission Planner.
The mag is working in HUD and is enabled etc.
What am I missing? Is this a MP issue, a setup issue, a mode issue, serial, baudrade, a stupid user issue?
Mission Planner 1.2.35 mav 1.0 and Ar
Read more…I am posting this for information purposes, as I had only discovered I was running 2.9 yesterday and not 2.9.1 as I thought, but these incidents seem similar to some other unexplained crashes of late.
This hex was being used to trial camera isolation
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